# NTSB CHI87DEM03: Ralley 3A, N3782W, Gowen, MI, October 30, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: October 30, 1986, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Gowen, MI
- Coordinates: 43.249546, -85.300704 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2495&lon=-85.3007&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13562
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87DEM03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13562/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87DEM03

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - airspeed - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT STALLED WHILE PRACTICING AN EMERGENCY LANDING. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE SHOULD HAVE PULLED UP FROM THE PRACTICE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE SOONER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3782W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3782W-1991-03-28), registration cancelled 1991-03-28, S/N 9381 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RALLEY 3A
- Registry model: [Johansen George A RALLY 3A](https://openairdocs.org/model/johansen-george-a-rally-3a) (registry code 056476M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 9381
- Airframe hours: 53
- Engines: CUYUNA 430-R reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Johansen, Georage A.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, July 31, 1986, 53 hours before
- Departed: PVT, GOWEN, MI

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 291 total, 53 in this make and model, 200 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GRR, 19 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861030052679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861030052679A), Oct 30, 1986: Amtr RALLY3A, Gowen, MI, Substantial damage. The aircraft struck trees while the pilot was practicing simulated forced landings.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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